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Locality Name:
Dingwall, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 233500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233500.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dingwall, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
National Gypsum Company Quarries

Latitude: 46°53'35"N
Longitude: 60°29'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.893055555556,-60.483888888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: B C Ca H Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupSulphur

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Gypsum  (*)Howlite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)3403401313811588
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)34034013138127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)3403401313811252
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3403401313816890
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)534034013138136
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3403401313812045
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O340340131381160



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00198340340Lower Carboniferous       Cu233500Dingwall, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, CanadaDingwallCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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